Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982
Commercial Gambling
Effective Jul 1, 1999Laws 1975, HB 1042, c. 283, § 2, eff. October 1, 1976; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 271 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 174, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).
A. Commercial gambling is:
- 1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;
- 2. Receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so;
- 3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
- 4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so;
- 5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or
- 6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or financing a gambling business.
- B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1975, HB 1042, c. 283, § 2, eff. October 1, 1976; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 271 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 174, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).